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I guess REO Speedwagon & Rick Springfield didn't sell enough tickets. I got moved from my nosebleed down to a mid-tier -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 17:59
a secret Predator movie will come out before Predator badlands by the guy who did prey -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 24, 17:37 3
- Ain't so secret anymore is it? -- nm - decline Oct 24, 18:30
- The sfx are easy and cheap. He's invisible! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 24, 17:39 1
  - Prey was sooo good though (I hope it is Vikings) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 24, 17:40
Non-polite facemask -- nm - budice Oct 24, 17:32
Good lord, one of college basketball’s rising coaches died today. -- (link) - David Oct 24, 17:22 3
- Saw that on the ticker and it didn’t process until it moved on. I was like ‘wait what?’ -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 24, 18:12
- ugh -- nm - prayformojo Oct 24, 17:44
- oh, how awful -- nm - Tim Oct 24, 17:37
Tonight's Halloween movie is, "Freaky." -- nm* - Krusty Oct 24, 16:48 5
- Love it/! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 16:51 4
  - Yep, it’s a fun one. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 24, 17:08
  - First watch for us. I'm mostly focusing on movies we've never seen. -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 16:58 2
    - You have picked good ones -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 17:00 1
      - I'm thankful for the reviewers that have helped us to avoid some crap movies. -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 17:04
We picked up 2 new kitties last night. The first one emerged from hiding today. - Fuzzy Oct 24, 16:45 [Attachment] 14
- So pretty! -- nm - jnine Oct 24, 18:40
- Aww—Siamese cat! Looks like a sweetheart -- nm - Trending Oct 24, 18:11
- Kitty! -- nm - crash davis Oct 24, 18:04
- Oh wow. She looks so much like our baby Bobbie Sue. - Bayronmax Oct 24, 17:36
- What a beauty! -- nm - David Oct 24, 17:22
- cute. does it have a name? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 24, 17:06 5
  - As a pair they will be named Sugar & Spice, but we're giving it a few days to decide which is which. - Fuzzy Oct 24, 17:10 4
    - cool -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 24, 17:38
    - Flynn and Rider -- nm - David Oct 24, 17:28 2
      - Tango & Cash -- nm - Trending Oct 24, 18:20 1
        
        I’m going to do this one day -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 19:59
- Omg!! I want one -- nm - Epiphany Oct 24, 17:01
- Cute kitty! -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 16:49
- cutie! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 24, 16:48
2, Pac12 football teams to play each other TWICE, in one year. - Trending Oct 24, 16:31 [Attachment]
The look on Rob Lowe's face when a contestant passes on a movie he starred in is priceless -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 24, 16:27 4
- to be fair, Rob's head was twisted away from the camera in the St. Elmo's Fire photo, and barely had part of his face showing. but yes, I recognized -- (edited) - Peglegpete Oct 24, 16:35 3
  - Yeah, I probably would've flubbed that one, but The Outsiders was an immediate get. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 24, 16:37 2
    - When they get to Game Show Hosts, I hope he makes an appearance in the quiz. It's almost a moral imperative. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 24, 16:51 1
      - agreed. I hope they start GS Hosts with 1950's hosts and work forward. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 24, 17:04
Helen Mirren is sad that Kurt Cobain didn't get to experience the magic of GPS -- (link) - Reagen Oct 24, 16:13 2
- I have *got* to start partying with that lady -- nm - prayformojo Oct 24, 16:47 1
  - Eventually she's going to stop asking. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 16:53
Dodger Stadium: The Deep Fried Peanut Butter and Nutella Sandwich -- (link) - budice Oct 24, 16:11 2
- fun fact: my wife only has nutella on her birthday because she can't be trusted around it. -- nm - mafic Oct 24, 18:17
- Looks yummy—$5 cheaper than I would’ve guessed but still $5 overpriced, as well. -- nm - Trending Oct 24, 16:24
Bruce onstage for Kamala and Barack in Georgia -- nm - mr mooch Oct 24, 15:50 7
- Tyler Perry is pretty shady as a producer but he’s giving a banger of a speech atm -- nm - mr mooch Oct 24, 16:27
- Does Georgia know who Bruce Springsteen is? -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 16:01 4
  - yes, but only because all Georgians are big Nils Lofgren fans. -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 24, 16:20 [youtube] 1
    - and they came to dance -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 24, 16:22 [youtube]
  - *riff*.."Remember kids, I voted for Trump, you can too."..*riff* -- nm - Bruce turns Heel Oct 24, 16:03 1
    - "Ronald Reagan was right about Born in the USA!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 16:11
- are the E.Street Band with Barack? Bruce is just alone with an acoustic. -- nm - mud Oct 24, 15:54
The Shining Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 24, 15:44 [youtube]
Bluesky announces 13m users, discusses future funding, including subscriptions. -- (link) - Qale Oct 24, 14:55 2
- ... and takes on a series A from a crypto company, right? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 14:57 1
  - Yes apparently. They say that they aren’t into it or using it but yanno how that goes. Above my knowledge base for sure. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 16:22
James Wiseman’s NBA season officially lasted five minutes. Just brutal. -- nm - David Oct 24, 14:45 2
- That legit might end his career. Achilles tears for basketball players is a nightmare. - Will Hunting Oct 24, 14:48 1
  - Memphis is still on probation from that his recruitment, too. -- nm - David Oct 24, 14:57
Messi got paid more this year than the entire payroll of 22 MLS teams, not counting his share of the Apple TV+ rights deal. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 24, 14:43
record players - this is what we bought (lot of different colours to chose from) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 24, 14:37 1
- (gone up $33 since we bought it, either a deal or inflation) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 24, 14:39
I have discovered my superpower: predicting the wagers made by Jeopardy players for a daily double. -- nm - mara Oct 24, 14:00 2
- Given the now common strategy of bouncing around higher dollar values searching for the Daily Doubles, they should - Tim Oct 24, 17:42
- Quiz Show 2 -- nm - Max Oct 24, 14:04
Terminally ill Borderlands fan asks if there's any way he can see Borderlands 4 early, -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 24, 12:59 4
- What do I do with this information? -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 14:36 1
  - Feel a tiny bit of bittersweet joy, i think? Not sure. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 14:37
- I hope they can make it happen -- nm - Krusty Oct 24, 13:55 1
  - I'm really a horrible person - JD Oct 24, 14:01
I'm very much enjoying the internet piecing together that last night's Agatha All Along was the ending of Signs, The Constant from Lost, and... - David Oct 24, 12:42
Our Europe Trip Report, Day 18! - Mop🧹 Oct 24, 12:33 9
- TOKENS UIT 8( At least it wasn't you -- nm - JD Oct 24, 13:59
- Mop, any advice? wife is starting to plan ours now. (sorry no time to read all 18 of these :) ) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Oct 24, 13:25 3
  - Where you going besides "Europe"? Do the Iceland stop-over. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 24, 14:29 2
    - london, scotland, ireland, italy maybe -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 24, 15:43 1
      - My advice is simple: Splurge. - Mop🧹 Oct 24, 16:02
- I've been mass consuming one-bag-travel and digital nomad youtube lately. How's your luggage situation going? -- nm - Max Oct 24, 13:21 1
  - Icelandair has one checked bag free, and we returned on JetBlue Mint so that was covered, too. - Mop🧹 Oct 24, 14:31
- Amsterdam last seems like it’d be a fever dream following so much so so much. Like I can’t believe this whole thing was that lengthy a trip. - Qale Oct 24, 12:44 1
  - Plane trips to Europe ain't cheap! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 24, 13:18
Work Rant: with apologies to the lawyers here but sometimes the law and lawyers are dumb and their analysis just makes work stress.... - Walt_Disney Oct 24, 12:24 3
- constructive permission baby -- nm - mr mooch Oct 24, 12:29 1
  - "I wouldn't say I've been constructive, Bob." -- nm - Lawyer Space Oct 24, 13:38
- Lawyers suck. - ReluctantCynic Oct 24, 12:25
WS Umps: Game 1: Carlos Torres (ranked 32nd of 90, 1st WS) Game 2: Andy Fletcher (73rd, 1st WS) Game 3: Mark Carlson (49th) - budice Oct 24, 12:18 1
- They're all bums! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 24, 12:33
This may be the most disturbing this you read today. You’ve been warned. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 24, 12:16
Better than Fatburger, not as good as Five Guys. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 11:56 20
- Mark Wahlberg opened a new Mexican Cantina place here, $20 for a Quesadilla. -- nm - budice Oct 24, 14:34 2
  - "C'mon, guy, it's like a really fuckin good quesadilla, ok?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 14:36 1
    - "Plan on spitting in my food?" "What? NoooOOOooo." -- nm - Max Oct 24, 14:39
- I took out a HELOC to be able to afford Five Guys. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 12:57
- Fatburger > Five Guys and it ain't close. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 24, 12:37
- Five Guys - for anytime I feel like paying $20 for a burger -- nm - budice Oct 24, 12:17 5
  - It's definitely one of the places I had to forget about going to post-pandemic. Fricking ridiculous for the gazillion other burger options out there. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 13:13 1
    - They have the $8 hot dog market on lock down. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 13:23
  - Yeah it's now a very rare treat to eat there. There were always expensive but last time I went it was sticker shock for sure. -- nm - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 12:19 1
    - Yeah, I did the same just a few weeks ago driving back home from Indiana. Couldn't believe the total -- nm - oblique Oct 24, 12:51
  - and all the fries you can carry. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 12:19
- What is Fatburger? -- nm - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 12:04 8
  - Fatburger -- (link) - Andie Oct 24, 12:10 7
    - Welp, whenever I make it Canada way I know at least one place to try. -- nm - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 12:14 6
      - Okay I gotta ask. How are the lyrics to Today Was A Good Day not ingrained into your generational DNA by now -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 13:12 2
        
        hehe I know the song, I just assumed he was saying a generic burger that was fat. I didn't think it was like saying 2 in the morning got the Wendy's. - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 13:16 1
        
        Haven't been there since college but IIRC they do potato bun and steak cut fries, the only burger place I'm aware of that does those. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 14:35
      - Fatburger is American (I think in CA and other western states) -- nm - Roger More Oct 24, 12:28 2
        
        Just learned the first location was in Expo Park, which makes it a contender for the most L.A. burger chain. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 14:43
        
        "But I'm fly at Fatburger when I'm way out west." -- (edited) - Mike D si Oct 24, 14:09
LYC: Related to my lighting crusade against our neighboring church. After a little back and forth, the city code department finally paid attention and - oblique Oct 24, 11:53 3
- That was fast. County says it is actually my city that has jurisdiction even though their address is the other city. *shrug* Third time is a charm -- nm - oblique Oct 24, 12:25 2
  - Gotta love the back and forth. -- nm - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 12:26 1
    - I'm 50/50 that my city tells me it's one of the other two -- nm - oblique Oct 24, 12:50
making The Fetch happen: -- (link) - mud Oct 24, 11:44
NYT: “Trump Flirts With The Ultimate Tax Cut: No Tax At All”…FFS 🤦🏼‍♂️ -- nm - Trending Oct 24, 11:39 1
- How about calling out his tariff plan for the wallet killer it is? -- nm - Inigo Oct 24, 11:53
Early voting starts Saturday for me, but I don't get home until Sunday evening. Maybe vote on Halloween because this election frightens me? -- nm - ty97 Oct 24, 11:33 14
- Halloween used to be my tradition to vote, but I went earlier this time. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:46
- I felt strangely good getting my vote done. Like a sense of relief almost. - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 12:15 6
  - We’ve had our completed ballots sitting ready to go for weeks. Just haven’t made time yet to go drop them off. -- nm - znufrii Oct 24, 12:17
  - I felt a rush of endorphins. I was stoked to vote for Harris - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 24, 12:16 4
    - Voting *for* something or someone sure feels better than *against* -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:47 2
      - That’s it. ❤️ -- nm - Pippy Oct 24, 16:20
      - This. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 13:24
    - *high five* -- nm - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 12:17
- I dropped my ballot off the Saturday before last and they emailed me to verify they have it -- nm - decline Oct 24, 11:44
- We should be able to brainstorm a Get Out The Vote slogan around this. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 11:38 4
  - Pokémon Go to the Polls. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:48
  - “No Shave November is coming up…remember to vote so Trump can’t shave down the Constitution”—Or “Vote Against Orange” (I know TT/ST was good at this) -- nm - Trending Oct 24, 11:44
  - cast your spells and boooolets -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 11:40 1
    - Make this dia de los muertos a dia de los buenos. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 11:43
David, Lebron’s looking out for things to keep Bronny busy on road trips. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 24, 11:23 15
- Don't you degenerate gamblers think he's gonna be Rookie of the Year? - David Oct 24, 11:36 8
  - The gamblers who are saying he will be ROY are the same people that wanted Colorado in the CFB playoff. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 13:12
  - Hell no. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 13:00
  - Those bettors are paying for the FanDuel annual retreat all by themselves. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 24, 12:06
  - Narrative susceptibility. - znufrii Oct 24, 11:49
  - At some point, the odds become something something worth it but yeah, it’s the same odds as betting on the Lotto. - Will Hunting Oct 24, 11:45 3
    - Your IM presumes the existence of sports commentators who are, in fact, serious people. -- nm - znufrii Oct 24, 12:17
    - There are a couple of NBA Hall of Famers who really believe he's gonna be big, but I presume that's just LeBron respect. -- nm - David Oct 24, 11:56 1
      - I will say this. He *might* actually end up being viable. But it won’t be in the next 2-3 years. He’s not even a top-tier D1 player at current. - Will Hunting Oct 24, 12:41
- Does it rhyme with "snookers"? -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 24, 11:29 2
  - Snookers and Joe -- nm - Strongbad Oct 24, 13:26
  - Should rhyme with “G League”—Bronny is a rough talent and a 2nd rd pick—he had his moment with dad, now go EARN your spot in the G League -- nm* - Trending Oct 24, 11:34
- Why are the bronies going on road trips? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 11:26 2
  - It’s been over seven years since that word was last spoken here. KILL IT!!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!! -- nm - znufrii Oct 24, 11:32 1
    - The singular version was used in 2021 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 13:17
Frozen custard was new to me when we got the Shake Shack, still a nice novelty. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 11:19 5
- We have it all over the place here. Multiple eateries that sell it including places that only sell frozen custard. -- nm - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 12:07
- Culver's has entered the chat -- nm - oblique Oct 24, 11:24 1
  - We don't have that but I've been on ST long enough to know that I want it. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 11:25
- Novelty? You'll have Ted Drewes rolling over in his grave. It's a religion here. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 24, 11:22 1
  - I know (who?). It might have been on here that I first saw the words frozen and custard together in the same sentence. What a treat. -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 11:25
I'm somewhat fascinated by the docket entries from my jury trial. - Bayronmax Oct 24, 11:18
I like the fishes cause their so delicious, got Chilean See Bass! -- nm - sycor with a I Voted sticker Oct 24, 11:13

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